The House Appropriations committee voted unanimously today to phase out Michigan's expensive driver responsibility fees by 2018, moving the issue to the full House of Representatives.

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They're hated by judges, drivers and legislators, and now those pesky - and expensive -driver responsibility fees may be on the way out of Michigan's law books.

The House Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to phase out the fees by 2018, moving the issue to the full House of Representatives.

"The driver responsibility fee is unfair in many ways. It's a tax on the poorest people in our state, and it's a second punishment for same offense," said District Judge William Kelly of Kentwood. "It's costly to collect, it has nothing to do with traffic safety." ...